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Reef fish survey data from Fagatele Bay, American Samoa during November of 2007 (NCEI Accession 0068717)

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Fish surveys were conducted in November 2007 using visual census techniques at Fagatele Bay under the guidance of Dr. Alison Green, the Nature Conservancy. This data set was collected at Transect 2, Fagatele Bay, in collaboration with surveys of NODC Accession 0066319, which is composed of coral and benthic surveys by Dr. Douglas Fenner and Dr. Charles Birkeland. Set 0066319 includes other locations on Tutuila, though this fish set is only from Fagatele Bay, and due to conditions, was restricted to Transect 2, at depths of 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18m.
  • Cite as: Green, Alison; The Nature Conservancy > Indo-Pacific Resource Center (2010). Reef fish survey data from Fagatele Bay, American Samoa during November of 2007 (NCEI Accession 0068717). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068717. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2007-11-01 to 2007-11-30
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -170.7638
East: -170.7626
South: -14.3657
North: -14.3631
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2010-11-23
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Additional Coral/Benthic Surveys from American Samoa in the NODC Archive:

Accession Comment
0000622 Birkeland, USGS, Fagatele, other sites Tutuila, 1995-1998
0000735 Birkeland, USGS, multi-island, 2002
0001470 Birkeland, USGS, multi-island, 2002, includes additional fields
9800197 Friedlander, NOAA, Ofa, 1992
0001955 Fenner, ASDOC, Tutuila, 2003-2004
0001972 Mundy, Univ. Tasmania, multi-island, 1995 (also fish)
0002177 Coles, Bishop Museum, multi-island, 2002 (also fish)
0001973 Green, Nature Consv., multi-island, 1994-2002 (also fish)
0066319 Fenner, Birkeland; Tutuila 2004-2008 benthic/corals
(in collaboration with this reef fish dataset)
0068665 Fenner, Tutuila, 2005-2009, benthic, corals
Purpose The purpose of the ongoing monitoring of coral reef communities is todocument the recovery, or further decline, of coral and fish communities inFagatele Bay, and elsewhere around Tutuila, and to determine if reefcommunities have changed substantially since the combined effects of A. plancioutbreaks and hurricanes that devastated American Samoa reefs in the past 30years.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Green, Alison; The Nature Conservancy > Indo-Pacific Resource Center (2010). Reef fish survey data from Fagatele Bay, American Samoa during November of 2007 (NCEI Accession 0068717). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068717. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Originator Keywords
  • biological data
  • coastal data
  • coral reef
  • fish species
  • size of 2 main species
  • size of 4 main families
  • size structure of 4 main families
  • species richness
  • total and relative abundance of family
  • total and relative abundance of species
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Originator Place Names
  • American Samoa
  • Fagatele Bay
  • Fagatele National Marine Sanctuary
  • South Pacific
  • Tutuila Island
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Green, Alison; The Nature Conservancy > Indo-Pacific Resource Center (2010). Reef fish survey data from Fagatele Bay, American Samoa during November of 2007 (NCEI Accession 0068717). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068717. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2010-11-23T19:45:40Z - NCEI Accession 0068717 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • swimmer/diver
  • visual observation
Platform
  • SWIMMER/DIVER
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